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Janet Green's original play Murder Mistaken had a brief Broadway run under the title Gently Does It in 1953. The play became the film thriller Cast a Dark Shadow in 1955, and in 1956 the film lead, Margaret Lockwood reprised the role of Frieda Jeffries in a television production. Dirk Bogar read more

A Special Halloween Treat for CMH Fans! The Abbott and Costello Monsters Collection DVD Giveaway! “I know there’s no such person as Dracula. You know there’s no such person as Dracula…” “But does Dracula know it?” We’re so excited to be running a very speci read more

As you likely know, today is the 110th anniversary of Carole Lombard's birth. (I say that rather than saying it's her 110th birthday because few of us hit the century mark, much less go a decade beyond it.) I've now been a fan of Lombard's for nearly as long as the 33 years, three months and 10 days read more

That's a very stunning Carole Lombard photo, dated from 1939, early in her tenure at RKO. We know its source because of the description on the back:The same seller, from Australia, has this pic of Carole enjoying a lollipop while taking a break from work:This looks to be from late 1940 for several r read more

The TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, famously known for decades as Grauman’s, is the most historic of movie palaces world-wide, and one of the most magnificent. Famed for its lavish “Oriental” décor, its klieg light-lit Old Hollywood movie premieres, and its hand- and footprint-st read more

This past week, we uploaded the 100th video to our YouTube channel, which was established in October 2014. Today, we have over 2,600 subscribers (thank you!) and our videos have been viewed over 1.4 million times. (By the way, click on the titles to view any of the videos mentioned below.) Ava Ga read more

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: A Star Is Born (1954) – read more

I'm sure many critics would opt for Deliverance, but I'd rate Burt Reynolds' performance in The Longest Yard as his best. That opinion was just confirmed when I watched that 1974 football-in-prison film for probably the fifth time. It still holds up remarkably well despite running just over two read more

Need comic respite? I’m happy to report that two new dramedies featuring strong women are even better than you’ve heard. Can You Ever Forgive Me?, starring national treasure Melissa McCarthy, is based on the memoir of real-life writer Lee Israel, who became a con artist to pay the vet bi read more

In February 2018, author William Reynolds launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish his biography of Joe De Yong, a cowboy and protege of Western artist Charles M. Russell. It was successfully funded and the result was a beautiful hardbound, 320-page book measuring 9" x 11.5".  Joe De Yong le read more

Need comic respite? I’m happy to report that two new dramedies featuring strong women are even better than you’ve heard. Can You Ever Forgive Me?, starring national treasure Melissa McCarthy, is based on the memoir of real-life writer Lee Israel, who became a con artist to pay the vet bi read more

These are nervous times for Carole Lombard fans. That's because her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on Hollywood Boulevard......has as its immediate eastward neighbor this star:And in case you haven't heard, actor-comedian Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in a Pennsylvania p read more

The first time I saw Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was about ten years ago on a computer screen across the room. Though I was intrigued, it was late and collectively, my husband and I slept through half the movie. Disappointing, I know. However, a few weeks ago, my brother gave me a wonder read more

A Beast at Bay could just as easily be called We Give Up, There’s One More. After a lackluster cliffhanger resolution, Buster Crabbe’s plan to save the Clay kingdom fails because he couldn’t control one unarmed prisoner and then couldn’t beat him in a fistfight. The thirteen chapters of Crabbe read more

Não quero ser um homem (1918) / I don’t want to be a man (1918) Há muitas parcerias entre diretores e artistas no cinema, em todos os países. Por exemplo, você consegue citar uma dupla de ator / diretor famosa do cinema alemão? A primeira que me vem à mente é Klaus Kinski / Werner read more

It’s Inspector Montalbano’s 58th birthday, and he’s trying to use what we might call the Sicilian equivalent of GOP economics to persuade everyone — especially himself — that it’s really only his 57th. Meanwhile, he’s got two cases to solve — three, r read more

Earlier this week, we alerted you to a Blu-ray reissue of Carole Lombard's only three-strip Technicolor feature, the 1937 comedy "Nothing Sacred" (https://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/938111.html). Now we've uncovered a fanmag piece from about the time of its release.It's from the December 1937 Scr read more

In recent years, we've noted Carole Lombard had a friend in 1930s actress Mary Carlisle, but didn't have any photographic proof even after the last surviving WAMPAS Baby Star (an award given to up-and-coming actresses by West Coast film marketers) died at age 104 early on Aug. 1.Now, thanks to the p read more

Basil and Ouida relaxing at home. read more

I invite you all to follow the new Instagram account for A Classic Movie Blog: @aclassicmovieblog In addition to being a great way to keep tabs on the site, this is the spot for gorgeous classic film-related photos and other bits of fun. So far I've had a blast sharing these amazing images. Come read more